Burritt, Elihu, a blacksmith, born in Connecticut; devoted to the study of languages, of which he knew many, both ancient and modern; best known as the unwearied Advocate of Peace all over America and a great part of Europe, on behalf of which he ruined his voice (1810‒1879).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Burrard Inlet * Burroughs, John